Dear Wikimedians of Chicago:
There has been talks about the need for a global set of conduct rules in
different communities over time, and finally, Wikimedia Foundation Board
announced a Community Culture Statement, enacting new standards to address
harassment and promote inclusivity across projects.
Since the universal code of conduct that will be a binding minimum set of
standards across all Wikimedia projects, will apply to all of us, staff and
volunteers alike, all around the globe, and will impact our work as groups,
individuals and projects, it’s of great importance that we all participate
in expressing our opinions and thoughts about UCoC, its nature, what we
think it should cover or include and what it shouldn’t include; how it may
develop, drawback or help our groups.
This is the time to talk about it. As you are a valuable contributor to the
Wikimedia movement, your voice counts. Before starting to draft the code of
conduct, we would like to hear from you; We invite you to devote some
minutes to take this survey; your answers will help us create a safer
environment for all on Wikimedia:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd36dNdU3C5shXEkKp9itJOhuCTx9hZE5A…
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd36dNdU3C5shXEkKp9itJOhuCTx9hZE5A…>
It’s possible that you are a member of more than one affiliate; hence you
may receive this survey more than once, and you may have participated
previously in the discussions or filled out a previous survey during the
first round of consultations about UCoC which targeted wikipedia/wikimedia
communities. We apologize for this; it is really difficult to identify if a
wikimedian belongs to multiple groups that work to spread free knowledge.
Looking forward to your thoughts and opinions and hoping that you can
respond within the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions about the
surveys or difficulties accessing the link, please contact me by email (
msalman-ctr(a)wikimedia.org)
Results will be considered during the drafting process for the UCoC
Thank you for your participation
--
Mervat Salman
Trust & Safety (Policy) Facilitator
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."
Hi Chicago Wikimedians,
You may remember that I've passed along some invitations to presentations
and workshops regarding the Wikimedia Foundation's rebranding project in
recent months. I just wanted to pass along a community-led request to
address concerns in the renaming process. You can find the open letter here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
If there's interest in signing this as an affiliate, we can discuss and put
something together.
WALRUS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS> is also hosting a call at
8pm central tonight on this topic: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86100301824
All the best,
Brian
Dear Wikimedians of Chicago User Group,
We are inviting you to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos>, a new
global contest scheduled to run from July through August 2020:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos>
Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then
add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the
Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki
Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.
WPWP offers a focused task for guiding new editors through the steps of
adding content to existing pages. It can be used to organize editing
workshops and edit-a-thons.
The organizing team is looking for a contact person at the Wikimedia User
Group level (geographically or thematically) or for a language WP, to
coordinate the project locally. We’d be glad for you to reply to this
email, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos/Participatin…>
Thank you,
Deborah Schwartz Jacobs (User:Deborahjay / debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com)
Communities Liaison
WPWP
Dear Wikimedians of Chicago User Group members,
My name is Samir Elsharbaty. I'm a community brand and marketing
coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm reaching out with an update
and an invitation to join us in the movement brand project.
Last year, we started the movement brand project
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…>;
a project to evolve the Wikimedia movement’s brand identity system. To do
this we have partnered with Snøhetta
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company)>, an international
branding and architecture agency. Through workshops, exercises, and
requests for feedback, Snøhetta is working with Wikimedia communities to
create an updated naming convention and design, which will be used by the
Wikimedia Foundation and will be opt-in for affiliates.
As a Wikimedia affiliate organization, Chicago Wikimedians UG is an
important stakeholder in this project. I would like to invite you to become
part of a process to shape our global shared brand identity. Participation
is not time consuming but crucial to direct our work ahead.
Over the next five months, the brand team will be helping Snøhetta gather
community feedback at key moments. Your involvement would revolve around
receiving updates and providing feedback on proposals for a naming
convention and brand design. If you are interested, please select one or
two people from Chicago Wikimedians UG to act as a Liaison between our team
and your group during this process. We will send important updates and all
feedback opportunities to that person so that they can share with the group
and collect your feedback.
This process will arrive at a new branding system that you will be able to
adopt if you choose, so we hope that you will decide to participate.
In the meantime, here are main hubs for updates and discussion on this
project:
1.
The brand network on Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork>.
2.
Snohetta’s project hub, brandingwikipedia.org.
3.
The project page on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…>
.
Please reach out to us with any questions or thoughts you may have.
I’m looking forward to collaborating with you!
Best regards,
Samir
Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
Community Brand and Marketing coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello everyone,
I wanted to let everyone know that Black Lunch Table will be running a
contest until March 21st. We have a great MoMA Publication as part of a BLT
prize tote bag and hope to get as many folks as possible contributing to
these articles to celebrate Black and Women's History Months.
All the guidelines are HERE
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/BHM-WHM-co…>
on our meetup page and the bingo cards are attached here. Just make 5
qualifying edits and send your marked card to contest(a)blacklunchtable.com
Join us and spread the word, Good Luck!
eliza
--
Black Lunch Table project mgr
wiki: Raggachampiongirl
The Field Museum of Natural History is seeking an experienced Wikipedian
for support during an edit-a-thon taking place on Earth Day, April 22 from
12-3PM; the focus will be on updating entries about endangered species
using resources from the Smithsonian/Biodiversity Heritage Library
<https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/> (BHL) of which we are a
member/contributor.
Smithsonian will be leading the workshop, but I anticipate editing
questions post-presentation, and it would be great to have someone there
who has more than my limited experience. Please reach out directly via
email at grings(a)fieldmuseum.org if interested.
Sincerely,
Gretchen
--
Gretchen Rings, MLIS
Museum Librarian & Head of Library Collections
Gantz Family Collections Center
O: 312.665.7892
Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605
fieldmuseum.org
<http://fieldmuseum.org>
Do you have any people working on Spanish-to-English translation that are not fluent in Spanish and need assistance?
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> The Black Lunch Table will be hosting three events in Chicago next month.
> We wanted to get the word out in hopes that people will be able to join us.
> We know that some are during the workday but please stop by if you can.
>
> Thursday, February 13th
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/CAA_1>,
> 10am- 2pm, Hokin Gallery, Columbia College, 623 S. Wabash Ave
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> Friday, February 14th
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/CAA_2>,
> 10am-2pm, Media Lounge, Hilton Hotel, 720 S. Michigan
> Tuesday, February 25th
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/SAIC_Feb20…>,
> 1pm-5pm, LeRoy Neiman Center, 1st floor, SAIC
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> Black Lunch Table project mgr
> wiki: Raggachampiongirl
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